Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Upper-middle-income economies
Upper-middle-income economies: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 20 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Upper-middle-income economies, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies stood at 20 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies peaked at 22 kcal/cap/d in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2 kcal/cap/d, in 2006.
Upper-middle-income economies ranks 15th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Upper-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 7 kcal/cap/d | -41.7% |
| 2005 | 3 kcal/cap/d | -57.1% |
| 2006 | 2 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 4 kcal/cap/d | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 3 kcal/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +133.3% |
| 2010 | 8 kcal/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +37.5% |
| 2012 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 kcal/cap/d | -27.3% |
| 2014 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 17 kcal/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +63.6% |
| 2024 | 22 kcal/cap/d | +22.2% |
| 2025 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.2 kcal/cap/d | 2 kcal/cap/d | 13 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1 kcal/cap/d | 8 kcal/cap/d | 18 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 kcal/cap/d | 10 kcal/cap/d | 22 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper-middle-income economies
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 19 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 59 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Haiti 57 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Ireland 57 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Upper-middle-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,432 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,878 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 16.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.6 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 10.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 21,738 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 361.7 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,287 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 20.1 % (2023)
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 135 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies was 20 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Upper-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 22 kcal/cap/d in 2024.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Upper-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- How does Upper-middle-income economies rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Upper-middle-income economies ranks 15th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper-middle-income economies data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.